This edition: Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams on Policing NY

Episode Details

Original tape date: January 21, 2015.

First aired: January 26, 2015.

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams discusses the recent actions involving the NYPD and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, and shares his feelings about the protests that have taken place throughout the city and the country, which were brought about by the police-involved deaths of unarmed black men Eric Garner in Staten Island, New York, and Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. Borough President Adams, who formerly served in the NYPD for 22 years, and the New York State Senate for 6, shares his aspirations of one day becoming Mayor of New York City.

About this series

Bob Herbert’s Op-Ed.TV is a weekly half-hour program featuring interviews with significant men and women from a variety of fields: officeholders and activists, economists, labor leaders, writers and artists. Herbert, a longtime journalist and former columnist for The New York Times, takes a close look each week at a compelling contemporary issue. He elicits personal stories and insights into the character of each guest, revealing not just what they believe about a particular issue, but why they believe it.